Supply Chain Manufacturing

NEIL DIAL

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Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 **********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Results-oriented executive with extensive global operations experience in electronics manufacturing leading operations from $100M to $4B revenues. Thorough understanding and experience in lean manufacturing practices, six-sigma and problem solving techniques, financial analysis, sales and operations planning, materials management, engineering and quality system, team building and change management. A strong track record of developing and integrating a continuous improvement culture throughout an organization, turning around under-performing businesses, and growing top and bottom line performance. Highly developed communications and team building skills.

Skills include:

• Leadership • Change agent

• Strategy development and implementation • Business acumen

• P & L management • Lean enterprise

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

POWER-ONE, Camarillo, CA 2008 – 2012

Power-One is a $1.1B company with 4200 associates in North America, Europe and Asia providing industry-leading array of custom engineered power converter products for infrastructure applications and inverters for renewable energy markets.

Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Operations

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer with overall responsibility for internal and external manufacturing organization, supply chain management, logistics, planning, quality, and after sales service-call center functions. The SVP shapes and drives the manufacturing excellence strategy throughout the company to achieve a high mix, high complexity business model with 2 plants in Europe, 3 in Asia and 2 in North America.

• Played a key role on team to turn around business unit in two quarters from loss scenario to profitability.

• Expanded capacity & supply chain to support revenue growth from $400M to $1.1B over a two-year period, improving from number nine to number two supplier of inverters worldwide.

• Commissioned three new green-field sites in Asia and North America since 2009.

• Integrated two acquisitions, which improved margin more than 20%.

• Achieved quality improvement from 67,000 DPPM to 2,500 DPPM in 2 years.

• Improved product delivery lead-time by 300%, to under 2 weeks.

• Launched lean six sigma effort in the company, saving $12M in the first year.

PLEXUS CORPORATION, Neenah, WI 2002 – 2008

Plexus Corp. is a $2.0B company that provides high mix and high complexity electronic manufacturing services and supply chain management solutions for OEM customers.

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Plexus Corporation, continued

Vice President of North America

P & L responsibility for $1.2B electronic assembly business unit in North America. Led team of 11 direct reports who managed a work force of 4000 people in 8 facilities in United States and Mexico. Managed a high-mix high-complexity supply chain operation that supported electronic board and box level assembly, prototyping, repair and warranty services operations. Customer portfolio included medical, industrial, defense, server & storage companies.

• Completed acquisition and integration of a company, which doubled the division revenues.

• Negotiated and completed long-term supply chain agreements with major OEM accounts and suppliers.

• Standardized all factories on a common performance measurement system generating continuous improvement processing.

• Launched lean sigma manufacturing and six sigma corporate quality initiatives at all sites driving gross margin improvement.

• Achieved revenue growth of 29% versus the industry’s average of 18%.

• Awarded the Electronics Manufacturing Service Industries customer service award in 2002, 2003 & 2004.

DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION, Austin, TX 1999 – 2001

Dell is a $32B corporation that designs, manufactures and markets a full range of computer equipment and system solutions.

Director of Notebook Operations

Led team of 8 direct reports managing a workforce of 2,500 at 3 high-volume manufacturing facilities, supporting $4B in notebook computer sales.

• Implemented a progressive line technology flow that resulted in space reductions of 50%, headcount reductions of 39%, cycle time improvement from 43 hours to 18 hours, and work-in-process (WIP) turns that increased from 82 to 147 times per year.

• Improved on time delivery performance to the customer from 68% to 93% with a new order management process and new shop floor control procedures.

• Instituted a total quality management (TQM) process resulting in a 49% improvement in field incident rates and an annual scrap saving of $2.3M.

ADFLEX SOLUTIONS INC, Chandler, AZ 1996 – 1999

Adflex is a $220M custom designer and manufacturer of flex circuits for automotive, communications, computer and consumer markets.

President and Chief Operating Officer

Led teams responsible for sales, marketing, product and process technology development, materials, quality, and multi-site manufacturing facilities located in the USA, Mexico, England and Thailand.

• Increased sales revenue by $50M in two years.

• Returned the company to profitability during an industry downturn.

• Negotiated the purchase of SAP, a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and successfully installed it worldwide in six months.

• Headed the site selection, negotiation, and construction of a new facility that served as the Asian headquarters and manufacturing site. I lived in worked in Thailand for 2 years during this time.

• Negotiated and conducted a successful merger with another publicly traded corporation.

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PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

MOTOROLA INC., Schaumburg, IL

Motorola is a $37.5B semiconductor and wireless/mobile communication equipment corporation.

Director of Manufacturing, Austin, TX

Reported to the Vice President of Manufacturing, responsibilities included all facets of the Memory and Microprocessor Semiconductor Group worldwide final manufacturing operations. Managed a $100M operating and $87M capital budget while leading a team of 1,200 employees in Asia and the USA.

• Organized and consolidated a new team following business reorganization.

• Developed and implemented strategies to support a $3B business in the rapidly expanding computing and telecommunications markets.

• Supervised the development and manufacturing ramp of BGA (Ball Grid Array) package technology for high-speed microprocessors.

• Institutionalized equipment selection and purchasing agreements, generating $20M in savings.

Asst. General Manager/Factory Manager, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Led team of 10 direct reports managing 5,100 employees with responsibility for all manufacturing activities for a 12 million unit a week assembly and test semiconductor facility.

• Implemented six sigma quality initiatives, improving process capability from 1.0 to greater than 1.7 CPK.

• Optimized line layouts and improved supply chain efficiency, reducing cycle time 32%.

Operations Manager, Boynton Beach, FL

Managed the manufacturing operations for the Wireless Communication Products Division, including a wide range of manufacturing and engineering functions, with 600 employees.

• Supervised the implementation of advanced robotics technology, reducing manufacturing cycle time by 50%.

• Implemented quality circle teams for 22% scrap reduction that received recognition from the CEO.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC., Houston, TX

Manufacturing Supervisor

Directly responsible for a consumer products assembly and final test line manufacturing calculators, watches, and home computers.

• Designed a process that allowed for seamless transfer of new products to offshore facilities.

EDUCATION

MA, Management – University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

BA, Business Administration – University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

United States Army Reserves, Brigadier General, Retired

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